Michelle Carter

The highest court in Massachusetts has been asked to dismiss a manslaughter case against a teenager accused of sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself. Michelle Carter is awaiting trial in the 2014 death of Conrad Roy the Third...

Massachusetts' highest court is set to hear arguments in the case of a teenager charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself.

BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for a Massachusetts teen charged with manslaughter for allegedly encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself has asked a judge to put the case on hold. Michelle Carter's lawyer argued Tuesday in Taunton Juvenile Court that the criminal case shouldn't move forward until the state's highest court decides on an appeal of a judge's refusal to dismiss the manslaughter charge... Rea

The national cameras move to Taunton as the involuntary manslaughter case for Michelle Carter will be heard today in Taunton Juvenile Court even as the defense waits for a decision of its appeal of a decision upholding the charge.

Facebook and Twitter were both seeing the trending hashtag #JusticeForConrad across the social media platforms on Friday, as people across the world were posting it in honor of the late Conrad Roy and to show their disgust at some of the text messages that have been released between Roy and Michelle Carter...

An attempt by the attorney's for 18-year-old Michelle Carter to dismiss her case has been taken under advisement.

The Plainville teen accused of encouraging a Mattapoisett man to committ suicide appears to have helped him plan his suicide. You just have to do it.In a court filing from the Bristol County District Attorney's office Friday, text messages between 18-year-old Michelle Carter and then 18-year-old Conrad Roy III detail the days leading up to his suicide in July of 2014...

The district attorney's office prosecuting a Plainville teen for reportedly convincing a friend to commit suicide says there is no conflict of interest. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn has recused himself from the case because he is related to the victim...

Mattapoisett teen, Conrad Roy, committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning last July. Roy had a history of mental illness, and was found in his car behind the Fairhaven K-Mart. That local story is now circulating nationwide due to the fact that strange texts were discovered between Roy and Plainville teen, Michelle Carter...

A high school honor roll student has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly encouraging a friend to commit suicide.